Kate M. Blomquist
Region: MFA Annual
I create experiences that are slippery, that exist in a state of flux.
My lines are quick and calligraphic, echoing landscapes and
architecture laced with impermanence. My marks suggest both
formation and decay. I use aluminum as my substrate because
of its reflective quality, which allows light to play through the
paint surface, animating the experience as you move around
the room. From one position, the paintings appear solid,
glacial, but with a slight change, they disintegrate into abstract
reverberations. I want viewers to experience the visceral effect of
these reverberations, to feel the longing and loss associated with
something both known and unknown, and to seek the balance
of shifting structures whose foundations could collapse at any
moment.